[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Slider

[David Edmundson]

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Heiko Tietze
<heiko.tietze at user-prompt.com>wrote:

> Am Donnerstag, 4. Juli 2013, 13:48:52 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> > Why do they have limits? I can increase (and decrease if it allows
> negative
> > numbers) a number with a spinner indefinitely, so I think that guideline
> > makes sense.
> You are right -> restored
>
> > > "* For cases where the values are constrained at both ends and there
> large
> > > ranges of integers (more than about 20) or floating-point values that
> > > require precise control, consider providing both a
> > > [[../Slider_and_Spin_Box|Slider and Spin Box]]. This allows the user to
> > > quickly set or fine-tune the setting more easily than they could with
> the
> > > slider control alone."
> > > -> Removed completely because it is redundant
> >
> > Why is this redundant? Doesn't it make sense to link to the other
> guideline
> > here?
> It is redundant to the purpose section and to the (reintroduced) part about
> limits. A link to the spin box given by the previous point.
>
> > > Added
> > > * Don't change the size of the slider indicator from the default size.
> >
> > Can that be changed? If not, we don't need to explicitly dicourage it.
> If it
> > can be changed, we should find out why.
> Question to devs...
>

It cannot.

(well, it can if you made your own slider, but that falls into the general
scope of "use the base Qt/KDE UI elements rather than making your own")


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